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VERKIEZINGEN 2014 ELECTIONS 2014
Illustration: Simone Golob
Elektronische verkiezingen
Tussen 19 en 23 mei 16.00 uur vinden verkiezingen plaats voor de medezeggenschapsorganen van de Universiteit Maastricht. Dit jaar
vinden verkiezingen plaats voor de studentgeledingen van de Faculteitsraden en de Universiteitsraad en de Dienstraden. Medewerkers
van faculteiten kunnen in 2015 weer stemmen.
Het hele verkiezingsproces verloopt via
internet. Om te kunnen stemmen dient u te
beschikken over een maastrichtuniversity
account. Om te stemmen gaat u naar: https://
elections.maastrichtuniversity.nl Deze site is
tijdens de verkiezingen 24 uur per dag bereikbaar.
Op de website van het Centraal Stembureau
vindt u alle informatie de verkiezingen en
de deelnemende lijsten en kandidaten: www.
maastrichtuniversity.nl/verkiezingen.
De uitslag van de verkiezingen wordt bekendgemaakt op woensdag 28 mei om 14.00 uur
in “het Kruithuis” (SBE, Tongersestraat 53).
Iedereen is van harte welkom. Uiteraard wordt
de uitslag direct na de officiële bekendmaking
ook op de website gepubliceerd.
Zetelverdeling raden
De Universiteitsraad en de faculteitsraden
hebben drie geledingen: de vertegenwoordiging van het WP (wetenschappelijk personeel),
van het OBP (ondersteunend en beheerspersoneel) en de studentengeleding.
In 2014 vinden er verkiezingen plaats voor
de studentgeledingen van Faculteitsraden en
Zetelverdeling
Universiteitsraad
Faculteitsraad FHS
Faculteitsraad FASoS
Faculteitsraad SBE
Faculteitsraad FHML
Faculteitsraad FPN
Faculteitsraad FdR
Geleding WP
6 zetels
4 zetels
4 zetels
4 zetels
6 zetels
4 zetels
5 zetels
Universiteitsraad en de Dienstraden.
Waar wel/waar geen
verkiezingen
Niet bij alle geledingen van alle raden zullen
dit jaar verkiezingen plaatsvinden. Er zijn geen
verkiezingen wanneer er sprake is van evenveel
kandidaten als (of minder dan) beschikbare
zetels.
Faculteitsraden
Er vinden geen verkiezingen plaats voor de
volgende geledingen binnen Faculteitsraden.
Dit betekent de kandidaten op de onderstaande
lijsten automatisch gekozen worden.
Faculteitsraad FPN:
- Lijst 1: MSRP DOPE
Dienstraden
Er vinden geen verkiezingen plaats voor de volgende Dienstraden. Dit betekent de kandidaten
op de onderstaande lijsten automatisch gekozen
worden.
Dienstraad UB:
- Lijst 1: Lijst Odin
- Lijst 2: TC/LC
- Lijst 3: Pauline Speck
- Lijst 4: Lijst Roy Gilissen
- Lijst 5: Lijst Diony
The elections for the representative bodies of
Maastricht University take place between 19 and
23 May 16.00 hrs. This year elections are being
held for the student sectors of Faculty Councils
and the University Council, and the Service
Councils. Employees of faculties can vote again
in 2015.
The elections will take place entirely via the
internet. To be able to vote you need to possess
a maastrichtuniversity account. To register your
vote, go to https://elections.maastrichtuniversity.
nl This site is open during the election period
24 hours a day.
You can find information about the elections
process, the lists and the candidates on the
website of the Central Elections Office. The
website also provides help with logging in to the
voting programme: www.maastrichtuniversity.
nl/elections.
The results of the elections will be announced on
Wednesday 28 May at 14.00 in the “Kruithuis”
(SBE, Tongersestraat 53). Everybody is welcome.
Directly after the announcement the results will
be published on the elections website.
Distribution of seats in the
councils
The University Council and the Faculty Councils
consist of three sections: the representatives of
the WP (academic staff), the OBP (administra-
Dienstraad SSC:
- Lijst 1: Lijst SSC
Geleding OBP
3 zetels
2 zetel
1 zetel
1 zetel
3 zetels
1 zetel
1 zetel
Electronic Elections
Geleding studenten
9 zetels
6 zetels
5 zetels
5 zetels
9 zetels
5 zetels
6 zetels
Section
University Council
Faculty Council FHS
Faculty Council FASoS
Faculty Council SBE
Faculty Council FHML
Faculty Council FPN
Faculty Council FL
WP section 6 seats
4 seats
4 seats
4 seats
6 seats
4 seats
5 seats
tive and support staff) and the student section.
Service counils
No elections take place for the following Service
Councils. This means that the candidates on the
mentioned below lists will be elected automatically.
Service Council UB:
- List 1: Lijst Odin
- List 2: TC/LC
- List 3: Pauline Speck
- List 4: Lijst Roy Gilissen
- List 5: Lijst Diony
Service Council SSC:
- List 1: Lijst SSC
Service Council ICTS:
- List 1: Lijst ICTS 2.014
Service Council Finance:
- List 1: Dienstraad Finance
Service Council FD:
- List 1: Hans Schnock
- List 2: Ruben Philipsen
- List 3: Roy van Kessel
- List 4: Nic Ritzen
No lists have been submitted for the MUO
Service Council This implies that the seats in
this Service Council remain empty for the next
two years.
OBP section
3 seats
2 seats
1 seats
1 seats
3 seats
1 seats
1 seats
Students
9 seats
6 seats
5 seats
5 seats
9 seats
5 seats
6 seats
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Dienstraad ICTS:
- Lijst 1: Lijst ICTS 2.014
Dienstraad Finance:
- Lijst 1: Dienstraad Finance
Dienstraad FD:
- Lijst 1: Hans Schnock
- Lijst 2: Ruben Philipsen
- Lijst 3: Roy van Kessel
- Lijst 4: Nic Ritzen
Voor de volgende Dienstraad zijn geen lijsten ingediend. Dit betekent dat deze zetels de
komende twee jaar onbezet blijven:
Dienstraad MUO
Faculteitsraden
Er vinden verkiezingen plaats voor de volgende
geledingen van de Faculteitsraden:
FASoS:
Studenten
- Lijst 1: VOX: European Studies Representatives
(lijstcombinatie met NovUM)
- Lijst 2: NovUM (lijstcombinatie met VOX:
European Studies Representatives)
FdR:
Studenten
- Lijst 1: NovUM
- Lijst 2: MSRP DOPE
FHML
Studenten
- Lijst 1: NovUM
- Lijst 2: MSRP DOPE
FHS:
Studenten
-Lijst 1: MSRP DOPE
-Lijst 2: NovUM
SBE
Studenten
-Lijst 1: MSRP DOPE
-Lijst 2: NovUM
Universiteitsraad
Verkiezingen vinden plaats voor de studentgeleding van de Universiteitsraad:
Studenten
- Lijst 1: NovUM
- Lijst 2: MSRP DOPE
Het stemmen
Alleen bij het gebruik van uw maastrichtuniversity account heeft u toegang tot het elektronisch
stembureau!
Wacht u met gebruiken van de directe link naar
de website tot maandag 19 mei 2014: pas dan is
de module “stem uitbrengen” actief. U kunt uw
stem uitbrengen tot en met vrijdag 23 mei 2014
(16.00 uur). Tijdens kantooruren is het mogelijk
bij problemen met inloggen of met het uitbrengen van de stem, hulp te vragen bij het Centraal
Stembureau. Dat kan per e-mail of per telefoon
(gegevens zie hieronder).
Het verkiezingsprogramma is gebaseerd op door
de UM ondersteunde applicaties (Windows,
Internet Explorer en Outlook). Het gebruik
van een ander besturings-, browser- of mailprogramma kan problematisch zijn, maar is
het zeker niet altijd. Het Centraal Stembureau
laat weten dat het geen voorkeur heeft voor
programma’s, maar zich aan de richtlijnen van
de Universiteit Maastricht houdt. Het Centraal
Stembureau aanvaardt geen verantwoordelijkheid
voor het niet kunnen uitbrengen van een stem op
een computer buiten de UM. Lokale instellingen
(als firewalls, virusscanners of een niet door ICTS
ondersteunde browser) kunnen dit verhinderen.
Councils / sections for which elections are held
Bepaling en bekendmaking van
de uitslag
Faculty councils
In de week na de verkiezingen worden de uitslagen berekend. Op dinsdag 27 mei 2014 bepaalt
het Centraal Stembureau officieel de uitslag.
Daarvan wordt een protocol opgemaakt.
De openbare bekendmaking van de uitslag volgt
op woensdag 28 mei 14.00 uur in het Kruithuis,
Tongersestraat 53.
Vanaf 6 juni 2014 deelt het Centraal Stembureau aan iedere kandidaat mee of hij al dan niet
gekozen is verklaard. Een gekozene dient binnen
2 weken zijn benoeming te bewilligen, anders
vervalt zijn recht op de zetel.
Centraal stembureau
Het Centraal Stembureau is per e-mail bereikbaar onder verkiezingen@maastrichtuniversity.
nl.
U kunt het Stembureau daarnaast op werkdagen
telefonisch bereiken op (043-) 3883286 of (043)3883197.
Veel gestelde vragen
“Waarom is de procedure zo lang en kom je niet
meteen op de stempagina?”
Het antwoordt luidt dat een aantal beveiligingen
ingebouwd zijn om zeker te weten welke kiesgerechtigde zich aanmeldt en welke stemrechten
hij / zij mag uitoefenen. Het Centraal Stembureau stelt veiligheid boven alles, dus zelfs boven
bedieningsgemak. Toch wordt gestreefd naar
een gebruikersvriendelijk programma. Indien
u opmerkingen hierover heeft, kunt u deze per
e-mail aan het Stembureau doorgeven. Daarnaast
schrijven de regels voor dat alle lijsten zichtbaar
gemaakt worden en van alle lijsten alle kandidaten. Om het elektronisch stembiljet niet vreselijk
ingewikkeld te maken, is gekozen voor een
systeem met “clicks”. Het kan zijn dat u bij uw
beeldscherminstelling moet “scrollen”.
“Waar vind ik de namen van alle kandidaten?”
Via het kiesprogramma kunt u het overzicht
raadplegen van alle lijsten en alle kandidaten.
U kunt dit óók doen voor raden en geledingen
waarvoor u geen stemrecht heeft. Voorwaarde:
inloggen als maastrichtuniversity gebruiker. Bij
de module “stem uitbrengen” kunt u alleen die
raad en geleding selecteren, waarvoor u stemrecht bezit. Na het uitzoeken van de gewenste
lijst en kandidaat wordt u gevraagd uw keuze te
bevestigen. U krijgt een melding op het scherm,
als uw stem uitgebracht is.
“Ik zit achter een firewall en kom niet in het verkiezingsprogramma”.
Dit probleem kan zich voordoen bij personen
die in een andere organisatie ingelogd zijn –
bijvoorbeeld op een stageadres. Dit probleem
is sinds kort te omzeilen door uw computer te
configureren voor het gebruik van een Virtual
Private Network (VPN) client van de Universiteit
Maastricht. De VPN client kunt u downloaden
via het ICT servicecentrum www.licentiesoftware.unimaas.nl of http://VPN.maastrichtuniversity.nl .
Studenten kunnen gebruik maken van “anywhere” van de Universiteitsbibliotheek.
Virtual Private Network “trekt” uw computer als
het ware in het netwerk en u zult geen firewall
meer tegenkomen!
this year elections are not being held for all sections of the Faculty Councils. If the number of
candidates is equal to or lower than the available
seats, there are no elections.
no elections take place for the following sections
within Faculty Councils. This means that the
candidates on the mentioned below lists will be
elected automatically.
Faculty Council FPN:
- List 1: MSRP DOPE (students)
Faculty councils
Elections take place for the following sections of
Faculty Councils.
FASoS:
Students
- List 1: VOX: European Studies Representatives
(list combination with NovUM)
- List 2: NovUM (list combination with VOX:
European Studies Representatives)
FdR:
Students
- List 1: NovUM
- List 2: MSRP DOPE
FHML
Students
- List 1: NovUM
- List 2: MSRP DOPE
FHS:
Students
-List 1: MSRP DOPE
-List 2: NovUM
SBE
Students
-List 1: MSRP DOPE
-List 2: NovUM
University council
Elections take place for the student section of the
University Council:
Students
- List 1: NovUM
- List 2: MSRP DOPE
Voting
you only have access to the electronic polling station if you use your maastrichtuniversity account!
Please wait until Monday 19 May to use the direct
link to the website, as the module ‘cast your vote’
will not be active before that date. You can cast
your vote until Friday 23 May 2014 (16.00 hrs).
In case of any problems with logging in or voting,
the Central Elections Office can be contacted
for help during office hours. Assistance can be
requested by e-mail or telephone: verkiezingen@
maastrichtuniversity.nl, 043-3883286 or 0433883197 during office hours. Also visit www.
maastrichtuniversity.nl/elections.
The elections programme is based on applications that are supported by the UM (Windows,
Internet Explorer and Outlook). The use of any
other operating system, browser or e-mail programme may occasionally cause problems. The
Central Elections Office has no preference for any
particular programme, it follows the guidelines
of Maastricht University. The Central Elections
Office cannot be held responsible if a voter does
not succeed in casting a vote on a computer outside the UM. Local settings (like firewalls, virus
scanners or the use of a non-supported browser)
may prevent you casting your vote.
Determining and announcement of
the election results
in the week after the elections the votes will be
counted. On Tuesday 27 May 2014 the Central
Elections Office will officially determine the
election results. The official declaration of these
results will be drawn up.
The election results will be announced publicly
on Wednesday 28 May at 14.00 hrs in the Kruithuis, located at the Tongersestraat 53.
From 6 June 2014 the Central Elections Office
will notify each candidate whether he/she has
been elected. Persons who have been appointed
must officially assent to taking their seat within
two weeks, after which their right to the particular seat lapses.
Central elections office
the standard way to contact the Central Elections
Office is by e-mail on verkiezingen@maastrichtuniversity.nl. You may also phone the Electoral
Committee on 043- 3883179 or 043- 3883286
during office hours.
Frequently asked questions
“Why does the Internet voting procedure take so
long and why can’t you log in on the voting page
straight away?”
The answer is that a number of safety features
have been built into the programme that will
identify the voter who is logging in and the precise voting rights s/he has.
Security is paramount to the Central Elections
Office, and, consequently, ease of operation
comes second. On the other hand, a user-friendly
programme is the aim and the Elections Office
welcomes any (e-mailed) comments or suggestions to that effect.
In addition, the rules prescribe that all lists as
well as all nominated candidates must be made
visible. In order to keep the electronic ballot
paper as uncomplicated as possible, the committee has opted for a ‘click’ system. Depending on
the settings of your screen you may have to scroll.
“Where do I find the names of all the candidates?”
On the elections system you can consult all lists
and all candidates, including the councils and
sections for which you are not entitled to vote.
The only condition is that you log in as a maastrichtuniversity user with your username and
password . In the module “cast your vote” you can
only select the council and section for which you
are entitled to vote. After selecting the desired list
and candidate you will be asked to confirm your
choice. You will receive an on-screen notification
of your vote once it has been cast.
“I am behind a firewall and can’t log in to the
elections programme”.
This problem may present itself if you are logged
in at another organisation – for example the
organisation where you do your placement. This
problem can be avoided by configuring your
computer for the use of a Virtual Private Network
(VPN) client of Maastricht University. The VPN
client can be downloaded via the ICT service
centre www.licentiesoftware.unimaas.nl or http://
VPN.maastrichtuniversity.nl .
Virtual Private Network as it were ‘pulls’ your
computer into the maastrichtuniversity network
and you will not encounter any firewall again.
Students can make use of “anywhere” of the
University Library.
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10 Korte stappen om te stemmen
10 Easy steps to vote
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1 Go to www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/elections.
2. Click the link to the electronic voting programme.
3. To enter this programme you need to log in with your username and password.
4. You then click the module ‘Cast your vote’.
5. Now you are given a choice of council / section for which you may want to vote: select one.
6. The next page shows the lists of candidates who are taking part: you can have a look without
immediately casting your vote. You can also select your favourite list directly.
7. On this page you can also cast a blank vote for the council / section concerned.
8. The next page lists the candidates of one list. You can cast your vote by clicking the circle in
front of the name of the candidate you wish to vote for.
9. Confirm your choice.
10.You will receive a message that your vote has been cast. You may repeat this procedure as
many times as you have voting rights.
Ga naar www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/verkiezingen.
Daar treft u een clickable link aan naar het elektronisch verkiezingsprogramma.
U moet nu inloggen met uw gebruikersnaam en wachtwoord.
Daarna kiest u de module: Stem uitbrengen.
U heeft nu de keuze voor welke raad / geleding u een stem wilt uitbrengen: selecteer deze.
Op de volgende pagina krijgt u een overzicht van de deelnemende lijsten: u kunt ze inzien,
zonder meteen een stem uit te brengen. U kunt ook direct de lijst van uw keuze selecteren.
7. U kunt hier ook blanco stemmen voor de betreffende raad / geleding.
8. De volgende pagina biedt u het overzicht van de kandidaten van een lijst. U brengt uw stem
uit door het rondje voor de naam van de kandidaat van uw keuze te selecteren.
9. Bevestig uw keuze.
10.U ontvangt de melding dat uw stem uitgebracht is. U kunt deze procedure zo vaak herhalen
als u stemrechten heeft.
Universiteitsraad/University Council
Studenten/students
1. NovUM
2. MSRP DOPE
Bettina Geiling, Michael Dijkstra, Lisbeth Huber, Kilian Crone, Saeed Banaama, Olav de Wit
NovUM is the international student representation party. We believe Maastricht University
is unique because of its versatility and diversity.
This year, one of NovUM’s main goals was finally
implemented: free Dutch courses. While this was
a great success for us, our work is not done. To
continue NovUM’s success we want to mainly
focus on four points: better communication,
improvement of Study Facilities, implementation
of a university-wide Minor Program and improvement of Student Integration.
First of all, we believe that necessary information
like study documents and deadlines should be
easily accessible for students. To achieve this,
NovUM wants to combine services like EleUM
and MyUM on one platform. This will also
enable faculties to communicate better with
students.
Secondly, NovUM wants to create a study environment where students are able to prepare for
their exams by increasing the number of study
places and improving the facilities. To make that
happen we want to increase the accessibility of
e-books and study materials and expand the opening hours of the Randwyck library. We believe
this will create an atmosphere where every
student is able to focus on studying.
Thirdly, we believe that minors are a valuable
addition to the curriculum of the University. At
the moment we do have limited minors which
are only accessible in specific faculties. We
believe that minor programs from different academic fields will help to broaden your horizon.
To make this easier for students, we want the
university to take charge and create a universitywide minor program.
Our fourth and final focus point is the integration of new students. At various faculties,
successful experiments with buddy-programs
show the benefits of having someone to help you
out during your first weeks of being a student. By
extending the program to all faculties NovUM
expects not only higher grades, but also better
integration for new students into Maastricht’s
student life.
If you vote NovUM you say yes to a student party
that aims for one integrated information system,
more study places, a university-wide minor and
better integration for new students. NovUM
has been involved in improving the university,
making it a place where the student comes first.
We will do anything in our power to make your
time at Maastricht University a great experience.
Help us reach our goals! Vote NovUM!
Bob Meijer, Thijs Poelstra, Jeroen van Veen, Stephanie Meeuwissen, Sander Tromp, Vincent Maessen,
Houssain Daoudi, David Hageman
The University Council Candidates of DOPE
will represent you next year with policies on the
quality of education, study facilities and internationalisation of the university. The highlights can be
found below.
First, DOPE wants to address the topic of education, education should provide the perfect combination of knowledge and skills needed in the
future careers of students. Therefore, the Problem
Based Learning-method needs to be fine-tuned
to provide the ideal mean of achieving the best
preparation on the labour market for graduate
students. Digitalization of all courses by using
video lectures can help students by providing the
ability to watch lectures multiple times. Furthermore, students should be able to excel in different
academic fields than their own and be stimulated
to broaden their scope by doing minors at other
faculties. Therefore the interfaculty minor program should be maintained.
Second, the DOPE fraction will focus on improving the study facilities. Many improvements
have already been made thanks to the work of
last years’ DOPE fraction. For instance new study
places, new sport facilities, and improvement of
the ICT services. These improvements still need
ongoing work to reach their full potential. A
specific example is the aim to integrate EleUM,
MyUM and Webmail into one comprehensive
platform which is user-friendly and reliable.
Furthermore DOPE wishes to focus on an easy
way to register for courses. This because of the
university’s plans on prohibiting late registration
now the €35 administrative fee is abolished.
DOPE plans to make it possible to apply for an
entire study year, so students do not have to worry
about course application deadlines. We feel that
the university should take a more student centred
approach in this matter.
Thirdly we will focus on the internationalisation
of the university. We want international students
to feel at home in Maastricht, with as little administrative burden as possible. We want to establish
one information point within the municipality
for all administrative questions that might arise
during a study period in Maastricht. All communication at this office should be in English to
prevent language gaps and miscommunication. As
free Dutch language courses are already available
to all international students we want to promote
them as it helps the integration in Maastricht.
Finally, DOPE aims to make the ‘Study Abroad’option available in the curriculum of all studies.
Vote DOPE if you want an experienced student
representation that protects the quality of our
education, improves facilities, stimulates the
internationalization of the UM and keeps in touch
with you!
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Overzicht van lijsten, kandidaten en lijstvolgorde aan de Verkiezingen UM 2014
Overview of lists, candidates, and order of lists for the 2014 UM Elections
Universiteitsraad/
University Council
Studenten/students:
2.MSRP DOPE
1. Lotte Steijns
3. Rosalie Bok
4. Ruben Bel
1.Bettina Geiling
5. Jolien Macken
2.Lisbeth Huber
4.Michael Dijkstra
5.Saeed Banaama
Faculteitsraad FHML/
Faculty Council FHML
Studenten/students
1.MSRP DOPE
1. Thommy Timmermans
2. Lucas Kramer
3. Pieter Groot
8.Kilian Crone
Studenten/students
Hans Schnock
Roy van Kessel
Nic Ritzen
Dienstraad ICTS/
Service Council ICTS
4. Rick van der Westen
6.Florian de Roo van Alderwerelt
7.Jan Hoffmann
Gekozen zijn/elected are
Ruben Philipsen
2. Anna de Nijs
1.NovUM
3.Olav de Wit
Faculteitsraad SBE/
Faculty Council SBE
2.NovUM
1 Philipp Warum
2. Stéphanie Le Clercq
Drie kandidaten voor drie zetels, geen verkiezingen
Three candidates for three seats, no elections
2.MSRP DOPE
1.NovUM
3. Miriam Betz
1. Bob Meijer
1. Hakan Deveci
4. Camillo Rohe
Gekozen zijn/elected are
2. Rick Claessen
5. Lennart Heyner
Jelle Kouwenhoven
2. Jeroen van Veen
3. Houssain Daoudi
4. Thijs Poelstra
3. Vicky Nwosu
5. Vincent Maessen
4. Zenab Mohseni
Faculteitsraad FPN/
Faculty Council FPN
2.MSRP DOPE
Studenten/students
Dienstraad Finance/
2. Niels van der Sangen
1.MSRP DOPE
Vier kandidaten voor vier zetels, geen verkie-
3. Chris Sauer
1. Hanne van Kasteren
zingen
6. Sander Tromp
7. Stephanie Meeuwissen
8. David Hageman
Faculteitsraad FASoS/
Faculty Council FASoS
Studenten/students
1. Rob Creemers
4. Eva Kist
5. Leonard Nijman
1.VOX: European Studies Representatives
6. Iris Hooft Graafland
(lijstcombinatie met / list combination with
7. Mariska Machiels
NovUM)
1. Carolin Hehr
2. Lisa Knodt
Faculteitsraad FHS/
Faculty Council FHS
2.NovUM (lijstcombinatie met / list combination with VOX:
European Studies Representatives)
Studenten/students
1. Anne Flotho-Liersch
2. Leonie Mutsaers
3. Brenda Erens
4. Romy Vermeulen
5. Daniëlle Starreveld
Chris Keurentjes
Ronald Nobbe
Service Council Finance
Four candidates for four seats, no elections
Gekozen zijn/elected are
P. Werdens
Vijf kandidaten voor vijf zetels, geen verkie-
D. Lichner
zingen
F. van der Tier
Five candidates for five seats, no elections
Dienstraad UB/
Service Council UB
D. Ernes
Dienstraad SSC/
Vijf kandidaten voor vijf zetels, geen verkie-
Service Council SSC
2. Lisa Hermanns
1.MSRP DOPE
zingen
Drie kandidaten voor drie zetels, geen verkie-
3. Connel Emig
1. Bas Willemse
Five candidates for five seats, no elections
zingen
4. James Mackle
5. Sofia Vossen
Faculteitsraad FdR/
Faculty Council FL
Studenten/students
2. Tijmen Patist
3. Mirte van den Boom
4. Job Hartjes
5. Ruben Verkoelen
2.NovUM
1.NovUM
1. Sophie Mäder
1. Jurgen van Heertum
2. Tara Merk
2. Emily Daemen
3. Gloria Bozyigit
3. Mariana Pelicano de Almeida
Gekozen zijn/elected are
O. Essers
D. van den Heuvel
Three candidates for three seats, no elections
Gekozen zijn/elected are
C. Burdorf
Rob Kock
R. Gilissen
Kim Possen
P. Speck
Lisette Hegge
Dienstraad UB/
Service Council FD
Dienstraad MUO/
Vier kandidaten voor vijf zetels, geen verkie-
Service Council MUO
4. Tündè Walgraef
4. Pegah Keshaniyan
zingen
Geen kandidaten, geen verkiezingen
5. Luisa Welling de Arruda
5. Theodore Bertrand-Price
Four candidates for five seats, no elections
No candidates, no elections
De verkiezingskrant is een initiatief van het
Centraal Stembureau.
De technische realisatie is in handen van Observant. De
teksten zijn geschreven door de kandidaten zelf.
De foto’s zijn gemaakt door Loraine Bodewes
The election magazine is an initiative of the
Central Electoral Office.
It was created by Observant.
The texts were written by the individual candidates.
Loraine Bodewes took the photographs
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Faculteitsraad FASoS/Faculty Council FASoS
Studenten/students
1.VOX: European Studies Representatives (lijstcombinatie met/list combination with NovUM)
Elections for the Faculty Council are approaching, therefore we would like to present you
VOX, the student party from FASoS students
for FASoS students and give you a quick overview over our program.
VOX was founded in 2012 by the two student
organisations Oracle (Arts and Culture) and
Concordantia (European studies), to offer the
students at FASoS a party that focuses especially on their interests.
Last year, the two VOX candidates present in
the Faculty Council achieved the opening of
more study spaces, the rescheduling of the Fault
lines course and a change of the attendance
rules.
This year, the two VOX candidates running for
the Faculty Council, Lisa Knodt and Carolin
Hehr, will try to:
- Establish a library at FASOS, which provides
literature for both study programmes
- Increase the amount of study spaces, not only
during exams week
- Abolish mandatory attendance in lectures
- Increase the number of partner universities,
in particular outside of Europe
- Restrict the amount of exams assigned within
one day to one
- Reschedule resits to not be in the same week
as current exams
For more detailed information, check out our
FB page, and if you have any idea for improvements or changes concerning FASoS, please feel
free to approach us, so we can keep fighting for
your interests.
live in - it is up to you to make the difference!
You have the right to elect representatives that
will serve your interests to ensure a better student experience.
We are five candidates appointed by NovUM to
represent you at the Faculty Council for FASoS
in the academic year 2014/2015. NovUM is a
non-profit, democratic and transparent student
representation party serving all students regardless of nationality and faculty. Our goals to
tackle for the next academic year correspond to
the 4 pillars NovUM bases its policies on:
Achieve progress in regards to quality of our
university. Changes in rules for exam and resit
scheduling are long overdue. We want to achieve
the prohibition of two regular exams on one
day and the introduction of a resit week, both
privileges afforded to all faculties bar one: ours.
Furthermore, recurring themes are the attendance rules where we would like to implement
changes according to students’ responses to
surveys. Additionally, students deserve concrete
feedback on their examination. We want to
promote more dialogue with tutors or the course
coordinator after an exam.
The accessibility of information at our Uni-
versity is not up to the standard required and
we aim to achieve considerable progress. For
example, it is helpful if students find the exam
schedule on EleUM without searching on other
platforms.
We suggest combining courses and promoting
more events such as Faculty Drinks to further
integration in our faculty, especially between
students of different programs. Students should
have the possibility to get to know their classmates in an academic and informal environment.
With the newest report on the climate change
of the UN, we aim to raise the awareness of
students on sustainability and environmental
issues. Our idea is to put Maastricht University
on the forefront of innovation in the field of
environmental and financial sustainability.
As we are standing to become your representatives, do not think that we will simply fight for
our own ideas. It’s always possible to talk to us.
This helps us to understand your concerns.
If you are passionate about your University and
your Faculty, and want a team of professional
and motivated personalities elected to represent
you, vote NovUM!
as members of NovUM! Even though our
Faculty may seem too good to be true, we
have found pressing issues which we hope
to resolve through the aims presented below.
However, it is important to emphasise that the
only way we can show you our commitment
and follow through on these ideas, is if you
give us a voice and elect us as your student
representative.
Firstly, we find that PBL is a distinctive way
of teaching at our University; we do however
feel that PBL should only be applied where
appropriate and should not affect the quality
of a course. At the end of a course it is also
essential to have a method of examination
which reflects the students’ knowledge and
understanding of the law to its full potential.
Furthermore, we believe that at our Faculty,
timetables and course books should be released
at least three weeks in advance. This will give
students the opportunity to plan ahead when
considering working hours, extracurricular activities or trips for example, and allow
preparation with the necessary materials at the
start of each course. We also think that there
should be a possibility to have more books and
readers available digitally. Not only will our
Faculty become more environmentally friendly;
“a penny saved is a penny earned.” – Benjamin
Franklin
Another issue we hope to resolve concerns the
accessibility and transparency at our Faculty.
We believe more needs to be regulated at a
Faculty level; there should be clear rules on the
validity of papers, assignments and presentations when taking a resit and only one stylebook
should be used Faculty-wide. To enhance the
transparency within the Faculty Council we
would like to have a section in the Law Student
Messages devoted to updates on developments
and decisions made in the Faculty Council.
Finally, we feel that the integration at our
faculty between Dutch and international
students desperately needs some love and
attention. A way of facilitating this would be by
creating the possibility for an ELS student to
take an ELS-ELT course and vice versa. Seeing
as the topics, contents and exams of many
courses are almost identical, a change in language should be a realistic option.
Lisa Knodt en Carolin Hehr
2. NovUM (lijstcombinatie met/list combination with Vox)
Lisa Hermanns, Anne Flotho-Liersch, James Mackle, Sofia Vossen, Connel Emig
Students, colleagues, friends. Do you feel your
voice is being heard at FASoS? Whether as trivial
as a water dispenser or as important as lowering
tuition fees and the environment we study and
Faculteitsraad FdR/Faculty Council FL
1. NovUM
Gloria Bozyigit, Tündè Walgraef, Luisa Welling de Arruda, Jurgen van Heertum, Emily Daemen
We are Jurgen van Heertum, Emily Daemen,
Gloria Bozyigit, Tünde Walgraef and Luisa
Welling de Arruda. The five of us are running for seats on the Law Faculty Council
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2. MSRP DOPE
Dear fellow students,
As you might know, you and your interests at
the FoL/Fdr have the right to be represented at
the very best level. This year we will again try
our outmost best to achieve for you: “a perfect
balance between in depth course-related
quality in learning, and the optimization of the
means already available to you”.
We strive for a rewarding system with regards
to registering for courses on time; a first come
first serve option, were you get to choose
which tutorial group at the preferable time you
get to attend.
We want you to be able to have your readers,
electronically made available to you. The digitalization of study materials: E-readers along-
side the DocShop, recording of all lectures.
More possibilities to have your material printed in the Faculty.
For the best study results, improving and
maintaining the high quality of tutorial
groups, by presenting you with high qualified
tutors.
To imprint on lecturers the importance of a
lecture that covers all the course material.
And last but not least, the option for you to
make use of exam trainings, supervised by well
trained tutors/student tutors.
To improve your studies, by bettering the
quality of availability of these materials, is our
goal upcoming year. Help us to achieve this for
you! Vote DOPE!
Rosalie Bok en Lotte Steijns
Faculteitsraad FHML/Faculty Council FHML
Studenten/students
1. NovUM
Introducing: Hakan, Zenab, Vicky, and Rick,
we are students from this faculty. We are running as candidates for the Faculty Council to
improve FHML in terms of efficiency, integration, and quality.
Student life can be tough sometimes. Providing good materials to students seems even
more important under these circumstances.
NovUM FHML will focus on the improvement
of study circumstances and the efficiency of
the faculty. How can we improve the efficiency? We want to provide more printers in
the faculty; this should go hand in hand with
an improved printer-distribution. To enhance
the learning environment, NovUM wants
to arrange for more study spaces within our
faculty.
Additionally, e-books will have a huge impact
on the faculty: since students will no longer be
obliged to come to the library, working from
home will become much easier. This will lead
to more room for students and their study
activities. To enhance the learning environment even more, we at NovUM want to create
even more study rooms within our faculty.
In order to reduce the pressure during exam
week, it would be beneficial to remove study
activities, so students can focus on revising
for their exams. It is better to have more of the
study activities focused in the middle of the
period instead of a rough beginning into the
block or a stressful preparation for the exams.
NovUM is the international student party. We
advocate sustainability, accessibility, integration, and high quality of education. For us, it
is of great significance to only make realistic
goals, rather than making empty promises.
We are here for you! Please do not hesitate to
approach us with problems and your ideas.
Together, we will commence into a brighter
future for our faculty!
Vote excellence, vote NovUM!
First, we would like to introduce ourselves. We
are Rob, Niels, Chris, Eva, and Iris. We sincerely
hope to represent you in the Faculty Council of
FHML next year.
The Faculty council is an important bridge
between students and the faculty board and
as such, is actively involved in a variety of
administrative matters. For years now, DOPE is
the largest and most influential party within the
Faculty Council. Throughout the years, its rich
experience changed many things to the advantage of students.
However, much work still needs to be done,
which is why we candidate to work as your
representatives for another year.
Students and their respective studies have absolute priority for us. We want to make sure that
also your voice is heard within FHML!
We stand for clear and transparent communication and testing, so that you, the students
of Medicine, ITM, AKO, Biomedical Sciences,
Health Sciences and European Public Health,
can get the most out of your studies.
In addition, we want to achieve that all lectures
are videotaped and accessible online, which
is standard practice in other faculties already.
Furthermore, we want to increase and broaden the cooperation’s, electives and exchange
programs within The Netherlands and abroad.
Although we aim to be an international university, ERASMUS programs and intra-university
programs are still difficult to organize and fit
within one’s own program. We strive to make
this possible and feasible for every FHML
student.
As a whole party, we will take your matters
seriously and fight for one year and beyond to
improve the study climate within FHML. At
any time, we will be available for any input and
remarks you consider important.
Even beyond the election week, we very much
appreciate if you keep us updated on current
problems, your ideas for improvements and
opinion on FHML and university matters.
Please feel free to address your question to ask
during the election week!
Vote DOPE for the Faculty and University council to make your vote count!
Hakan Deveci, Vicky Nwosu, Zenab Mohseni, Rick Claessen
2. MSRP DOPE
Leonard Nijman, Rob Creemers, Chris Sauer, Iris Hooft Graafland
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Faculteitsraad FHS/Faculty Council FHS
Studenten/students
1. MSRP DOPE
For the upcoming elections we, as representatives for the FHS faculty council, have 3 points
of improvement for the faculty. First, we want
to establish a faculty wide cooperation with
corporate internship programs, allowing for
easier procedures for students who want to
develop themselves inside an organization.
Second, we believe that the input given by
students should be successfully monitored and
used in the faculty council in order to provide
for a high level of representation. We plan to
do this by using preexisting forms of communication such as social media platforms
and informal gatherings, in combination with
an enhanced effort to work together with the
other study associations throughout the company. As a third, we hope to build a stronger
network of tutors, as a result of extensive training by current course coordinators. On top
of the advantages of the PBL system, this will
enhance the quality of education itself. Thus,
in one sentence, we believe, that by providing
internships, enhancing the range and quality
of representation and implementing training
for tutors, we can make this faculty a better
place!
Dear Students, Tutors, Professors,
boys, girls and cats,
tion in the vending machines as well as supporting
and expanding the GECCO initiative “Sustainable
Apples” which provides seasonal and local fruits.
Moreover, let’s talk about accessibility and transparency! We believe that it is an important part
of the learning process to receive feedback on
one’s work, don’t you? Therefore, we would like
to introduce standardised inspection hours in the
second week of the new period. This is to insure
feedback remains relevant within the students’
interest and to keep the grading process within 10
working days.
Last but not least, let’s support the MSC students
in their endeavours. We are aware that studying
abroad is a major component of the university
experience. As it has not yet been established at
the Maastricht Science Programme and therefore
unavailable to its students, we would like to integrate them into the UCM exchange program.
So, if you want to help us to enhance the quality,
sustainability, transparency and integration of
FHS, then vote NovUM FHS in the upcoming
elections!
Support us so we can support you!
Bas Willemse, Mirte van den Boom, Tijmen Patist, Job Hartjes, Ruben Verkoelen
2. NovUM
Tara Merk, Sophie Mäder, Mariana Pelicano de Almeida, Theodore Bertrand-Price, Pegah Keshaniyan
Are you happy with what’s happening at FHS?
Even though we love our faculty, we do believe
that there is some room for improvement. In,
what is to follow, we would like to give you a brief
overview of the things that we will work on, if we
become members of the FHS faculty council.
Firstly, let’s consider the quality of FHS: Wouldn’t
it be nice to have a better connection with the
other departments of the faculty? Thanks to the
endeavors of previous FHS members, a strong
connection between MSC and UCM has been
established. This enables students to choose
courses from departments other than their own.
We would like to expand this integration to DKE.
Furthermore, as some of you will agree, the quality
of several courses could be enhanced by using
learning methods other than PBL. That is why we
want to negotiate alternative ways of learning in
courses where the majority of students demand it.
Another issue that we want to work on is sustainability. In order to support students’ well-being,
their studies and the environment we would like
to introduce healthier, organic items and fair trade
products. Examples of this are changing the selec-
Yours truly,
Sophie, Mariana, Pegah, Theodore & Tara
Faculteitsraad SBE/Faculty Council SBE
Studenten/students
1. MSRP DOPE
For many years the Maastricht Students
Representative Party DOPE has been striving to
improve the quality of student life at our University. We, the candidates of the faculty council
2014-2015 would like to inform you about our
vision.
Our main goal is to improve and safeguard the
quality of education. We are very proud of the
PBL system used at our University. However,
from our own experience and outspoken concerns from other students, this might not be the
best approach for the quantitative courses like
QM. Our goal is not to make these courses easier
but to increase the effectiveness of learning and
foster a deeper understanding by the students.
Second, we find it of outmost importance for students to participate in extracurricular activities.
The time you are a student is a time to develop
yourself as a person and a potential employee.
Houssain Daoudi, Lucas Kramer, Thommy Timmermans, Pieter Groot
Your study at the SBE should be the basis for
this, but next to that there are a lot of possibilities
to develop yourself. There should be more support from the University to students who engage
in these activities.
Third, we all personally experienced that the
room provided by the university to study is becoming scarce. We want to stimulate the process of
creating new learning spaces in the inner city.
Finally, since the international character of our
university is of very high importance we want to
focus on sustaining the diversity of the student
population within the university. This can be
achieved by refocusing promotional activities.
We embody this statement about great diversity
in ourselves.
If you agree that these points need to change,
support our team in the upcoming elections and
vote for DOPE!
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2. NovUM
Philipp Warum, Camillo Rohe, Miriam Betz, Stéphanie Le Clercq
We want to represent YOU!
As your candidates for NovUM, we intend to
represent the students of the SBE to the best of
our ability. With the upcoming 2014 Elections
you get the chance to make us your voice in
the SBE Faculty Council. We strive to repre-
sent you in accordance with the four pillars of
NovUM:
•Quality
•Accessibility
•Integration
•Sustainability
Are you tired of inefficient tutorials due to
unmotivated and unprepared tutors? We are here
to change that. In order to make tutorials more
efficient, we want to establish an additional softskills training for tutors, mandatory for those
who lack the required teaching skills. Furthermore, we want to give PhD students a choice of
which courses to tutor, so that each tutor’s skills
can be matched to a corresponding course. To
further increase the tutors’ motivation we want
to introduce a monetary incentive system to
reward the best tutors.
Moreover, general grading criteria should be
implemented by means of a standardized table
within the course manuals to be used to clarify
the grading of oral presentations and participation in a transparent way.
Because many students have difficulty planning
extracurricular activities due to schedules being
posted on short notice, we call for a timely publication of schedules. Students must also get the
ability to reserve a limited number of timeframes
for extracurricular activities, granted that these
are justified.
Additionally, we want to introduce a timetable
function in the SBEs intranet where all SBE
related (student) organisations can publish their
events.
Since many students do not feel very wellinformed about the Student Council, we plan
to organize information evenings and surveys
to increase the information exchange between
students and the council.
Do you want more real-world applications for
the theories you learn? We intend to implement
voluntary (i.e. not exam-relevant) lectures on
current cases to apply your knowledge and
encourage broader, critical thinking.
To further encourage the development of our
international environment we strive to provide
free English language courses and promote
events that foster exchange across nationalities
and cultures.
Sustainability is vital to our vision. By means of
stronger cooperation with the Green Office and
OIKOS, we will provide you with the knowledge
and capability to tackle sustainability issues now
and in the future.
We are looking forward to your comments and
suggestions.
Vote for your voice,
Vote NovUM!
Faculteitsraad FPN/Faculty Council FPN
Studenten/students
1. MSRP DOPE
Beste kiezer, ook dit jaar staan wij weer voor
jullie klaar met een frisse, nieuwe lijst van
DOPE voor FPN! Op deze lijst staan Hanne van
Kasteren, Leonie Mutsaers, Brenda Erens, Romy
Vermeulen, Danielle Starreveld. Wij werken dit
jaar samen aan een aantal programmapunten
voor het verbeteren van het onderwijs op onze
faculteit.
Vorig jaar hebben we al een belangrijke doelstelling behaald; een curriculum herziening waar
meer aandacht besteed zal worden aan schrijfonderwijs. Hier zijn we erg trots op, toch blijven we
streven om volgend jaar de kwaliteit van het curriculum te behouden en te verbeteren. Een van
onze andere punten is het makkelijker maken
voor psychologie studenten om een minor te
volgen aan een andere faculteit. Tevens is het
verbeteren van de communicatie omtrent volgen
van onderwijs in het buitenland een aandachtspunt van ons. Naast deze punten blijven we
werken aan het verbeteren van de vaardigheden
van de tutoren en het stimuleren van participatie
door de studenten in de onderwijsgroepen.
Kortom, er is genoeg te doen en we zijn erg blij
dat we jou kunnen vertegenwoordigen in de
faculteitsraad. Heb je zelf opmerkingen, ideeën
of klachten dan kun je altijd bij ons terecht.
Vijf kandidaten voor vijf zetels, geen
verkiezingen
Five candidates for five seats, no elections
Romy Vermeulen, Hanne van Kasteren, Leonie Mutsaers, Brenda Erens, Daniëlle Starreveld
Dienstraad UB/
Service Council UB
Dienstraad ICTS/
Service Council ICTS
Dienstraad SSC/
Service Council SSC
Vijf kandidaten voor vijf zetels, geen verkiezingen
Five candidates for five seats, no elections
Drie kandidaten voor drie zetels, geen verkiezingen
Three candidates for three seats, no elections
Drie kandidaten voor drie zetels, geen verkiezingen
Three candidates for three seats, no elections
Gekozen zijn/elected are
O Essers, D van den Heuvel, C Burdorf
R Gilissen, P Speck
Gekozen zijn/elected are
Jelle Kouwenhoven, Chris Keurentjes, Ronald Nobbe
Gekozen zijn/elected are
Rob Kock, Kim Possen, Lisette Hegge
Dienstraad Finance/
Service Council Finance
Dienstraad MUO/
Service Council MUO
Vier kandidaten voor vier zetels, geen verkiezingen
Four candidates for four seats, no elections
Geen kandidaten, geen verkiezingen
No candidates, no elections
Dienstraad FD/
Service Council FD
Vier kandidaten voor vijf zetels, geen verkiezingen
Four candidates for five seats, no elections
Gekozen zijn/elected are
Hans Schnock, Ruben Philipsen, Roy van Kessel, Nic Ritzen
Gekozen zijn/elected are
P. Werdens, D. Lichner, F. van der Tier, D. Ernes